uHoseya
13:1 Wathi akuthetha uEfrayim, kwabakho ukothuka; kodwa xa yena
Wenziwa isono kuBhahali, wafa.
13:2 Ngoku bongeza ukona, bazenzela imifanekiso etyhidiweyo
isilivere yabo, nemifanekiso yabo ngokwengqondo yabo iyonke
umsebenzi weengcibi, kuthiwa kuwo, Mabayeke abantu ababingelelayo
ncamisa amathole.
13:3 Ngako oko baya kuba njengelifu lakusasa, nanjengombethe kwakusasa
Njengomququ ophetshethwa sisaqhwithi, uphela
umgangatho, nanjengomsi ophuma etshimini.
13:4 Kanti mna ndinguYehova uThixo wakho, kwasezweni laseYiputa;
Uthixo ingendim, ngokuba akukho msindisi ingendim.
13:5 Mna ndakwazi entlango, ezweni lasekubaleleni.
13:6 Bahlutha ngokwedlelo labo; bahlutha, baza
yaphakama intliziyo yabo; ngenxa yoko bandilibele.
13:7 Ngoko ndaba njengengonyama kubo, ndaba njengengwe endleleni
zigcine:
13:8 Ndothi gaga kubo njengebhere ehluthwe amathole ayo, ndiwakrazule;
ndibadle khona njengengonyama;
amarhamncwa asendle aya kubaqwenga.
13:9 Uzonakalisile, Sirayeli; kodwa kum uncedo lwakho.
13:10 Uphi na ke omnye, ukuba angakusindisi ezintweni zonke zakho
izixeko? nabagwebi bakho nje, owathi, Ndinike ukumkani nabathetheli?
13:11 Ndikunika ookumkani ndinomsindo, ndibathabathe ngokuphuphuma kwawo.
13:12 Bubotshiwe ngengxowa ubugwenxa bukaEfrayim; sifihlakele isono sakhe.
13:13 Inimba yozalayo iyamzela;
unyana; kuba akafanele ahlale ixesha elide endaweni yokutyhoboza
abantwana.
13:14 Ndiya kubahlawulela ndibakhulule esandleni selabafileyo; ndiya kubahlawulela ndibakhulule kulo
Kufa, ndiya kuba zizibetho zakho; Owu ngcwaba, ndiya kuba ngowakho
imbuqo, isithele emehlweni am inguquko.
13:15 Nokuba uthe waqhama phakathi kwabazalwana bakhe, kuya kufika umoya wasempumalanga
umoya kaYehova uya kunyuka uvela entlango, liphume entlango ithende lakhe
woma, lome ithende lakhe; uya kulibhuqa
ubuncwane beempahla zonke ezinqwenelekayo.
13:16 ElakwaSamari liya kuba senkangala; ngokuba igwilike kuThixo wayo.
baya kuwa likrele, iintsana zabo zicunyuzwe;
nabamithiyo babo baya kuqatywa.